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TWO OF MY BABIES ARE GONE!
TONIGHT WITH A FIRE
INVESTIGATION AS POLICE WORK TO
FIND OUT WHO WOULD TORCH A HOME
WITH THREE KIDS INSIDE, THEY'RE
CLOSE TO GETTING THAT ANSWER AS
THE 8-YEAR-OLD LIES CRITICALLY
HURT.
"24-HOUR NEWS 8"'S JOE
LaFURGEY IS LIVE IN
BATTLE CREEK WITH WHAT'S
HAPPENING NOW.
SUE, BRIAN, NO ARRESTS, BUT
TWO MEN ARE BEING QUESTIONED
ABOUT THE FIRE.
I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS HOME ON YOUNG STREET.
FLAMES TRAPPED A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY
AND HIS SISTERS, ONE 12 AND ONE
8.
HE AND THE OLDER SISTER ARE
FORCED TO JUMP FROM THE SECOND
FLOOR AS THE FLAMES HEADED
TOWARDS THEM, THEN REALIZED
THEIR LITTLE SISTER WAS STILL UP
THERE.
A MAN PASSING IN THE AREA
2:00 A.M. IN THE MORNING SPOTTED
THE FLAMES AND FOUND THE VICTIMS
WERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
HE CONVINCED TWO PEOPLE TO
JUMP.
HE CAUGHT ONE OF THEM.
THE OTHER ONE HE BROKE THE FALL.
THEN CAME THE REALIZATION THE
8-YEAR-OLD WAS STILL UP THERE.
THEN HE TRIED TO GET IN THE
STRUCTURE TO RESCUE THE THIRD
ONE, BUT HE WAS PUSHED BACK BY
THE HEAT.
BATTLE CREEK FIREFIGHTERS
ARRIVED IN THREE MINUTES.
ONE FIREFIGHTER WAS ABLE TO GET
TO THE SECOND FLOOR AND PULL THE
8-YEAR-OLD FROM A BEDROOM, SHE
WAS CRITICALLY INJURED.
THE FIRE STARTED IN AN ENCLOSED
PORCH IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
BATTLE CREEK INVESTIGATORS ARE
CALLING IT AN ARSON AS STATE
FIRE MARSHAL INVESTIGATORS
SIFTED THROUGH THE REMAINS
TRYING TO FIND THE EXACT CAUSE,
BATTLE CREEK DETECTIVES WERE
TALKING TO TWO MEN CONSIDERED
PERSONS OF INTEREST.
THE VICTIM'S MOTHER WASN'T HOME
WHEN THE FIRE WAS DISCOVERED.
MOM ENDED UP COMING BACK TO
THE HOUSE AND FINDING THE HOUSE
ON FIRE.
IT WAS WHERE SHE WAS EARLIER
AND WHO SHE WAS WITH DETECTIVES
WERE INTERESTED IN.
WE THINK THERE WAS SOME TYPE
OF DOMESTIC SITUATION BETWEEN
THE MOTHER AND SOME GUY AND
THINK THAT THE GUY MAY HAVE
STARTED THE FIRE.
NEITHER OF THE MEN CONSIDERED
PERSONS OF INTEREST HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED FOR STARTING THE FIRE.
ONE IS IN CUSTODY ON AN
UNRELATED CHARGE.
BOTH ARE COOPERATING WITH
DETECTIVES.
WELL, WE DON'T KNOW YET --
THE BATTLE CREEK DETECTIVE
TOLD ME THEY DON'T EXPECT TO
MAKE ARRESTS TONIGHT.
THEY'RE STILL SORTING THINGS
OUT.
ONE COULD COME TOMORROW.
THE NAME OF THE 8-YEAR-OLD HAS
NOT BEEN RELEASED.
LAST CHECK, SHE WAS STILL IN